Assiotor to iwtebnatio



A. H. HAWLEY. ACCOUNIING MACHINE HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-24. i917., n.

Patented July 29, 1919.

i l wai A I Z5 v Jawley THE CoLuMam PLANouRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

.,quite the same as Mos-H; WILEY, 'or-Nomvoon; oH'Io, AssrG'NoIiTOEIN'rEnNATroNAn iro- Nair ff MACHINE contre 9itenerme;'lENNSYLveNe- Toidzlvivkoin ihr-idg; l, Y Y Be it known lthat I, AMos ,H.HAWLEI, a citizen of the United Y'States, residing .at

Norwood, in the ,county 0f ,Hamiltoneandf State of Ohio, have invented certain. newA and useful Improvements ,in Accounting?,4 nV Machine Handles, offWhich theV following-is v a specification, same ibe-ing adivision'of mvapplication Serial No. 158,923,;led l\1arch 3l, 1917. 'v f .This invention has to do with; accounting f or registering machines of the crank handle` operated type. The invention? involves an improved connection between the` crankihandle and .the main actuatingshaft lof thel ma--Y chine. Atthe presenttinie a very common,

and perhaps the most used type .offconnec-r tion between accounting machine operating shafts and handles, embodies a ldetent l ory latchmounted on the handle andcapable of interlocking ,With the shaft, .an arrangement e described. in Burroughs Patent `No. 504,963 issuedSeptember l2,

1893. The `said detentgor latch `performs dual.` function :in that it provides a means; to'` normally prevent displacement of the-,handle from the .shaft andlalso constitutes ak device tending to maintain thel shaft and handle in proper .relative positionsforfoperation. l.`he, last vmentioned functionl is desirablebecause an abnormal relative movementioftheushfa'ft, and handle is permitted by ,the detent Whereto enable the Idetaclnnei1t, ofthe handle, from the shaft for thecustomary4 purposes in the art. `The first described function of the locking detent or latch forfthehandle in.f volves the `use of avery -heavy actuatingA detent to Amaintain' it, lna peer culiar engagement or interlocking .connecf to,. andadmits' ofgjthe j detachment of the handle vby anabnormalrearward movement beyond the customary limit of "Such move,- j

Sprnefor the tion with the shaft.

pense Withthe needfor the ,employment-,of

the special Ydetent ,means above referred; to

especially Yes reeardStheneQeSStv of using With this object in view If-have: devised ,a

` able de'tent meanscapableof normalglyfpre, ventingthe displacementiof thehandle from; the operating shaft, which contrivanoeeHecg my present impr Ellaimjtvf) Y I tively the shaft: parts in 1 relative positions such` that the4 vdeteflit VVith the., above and other detail objects in vlevv an understandingofmyinvention Will-l beIhadupoinreference to thefollovving description and. accompanying drawings in# WhichV-,.

l l f Figure l 11s.. ay horizontal sectlonalview throughy ,they side frame of an accounting maf,-

applicatipnfvled September *Patented Ju1y:29i,f1e19 "I originai application inea MarchV31;1a17seria11uo. 158,923.5 Divided and this f 24,1917.seria1m,192,9s5.; e.

chine, adjacent to which the handlejis disev posed and shovvingthe connection between the handle and shaft and the positioning device of the invention; l f

' .F ig. 2 is a sectional of Fig. 1.;

Y Figs. 3 and( L -are,.rdetail sectionallvievvsbringing outmore clearly gthe form ofthe detent plunger on the handle; and 1 Figg 5is ay detail view of the manner in- 11a11d11e1 f spr1ng'623 of Which is a comparatively, light-' spring and diSpOSed in a` lovver hollow :p'ortiono r socket iformed at; theflovv'er' extremity of thehandle;Y bythe 557,* and l623A is similar tol that in the ,Burroughs patent previously referred ment occurring during the useofi thefhandle' ifor Vordinary -transactions, of Vthe machine.

Also said connection is effective toV act n posii View on theiiiiefa" Specifically. 'Id e-scribing` .I l denotes the; mainshafty of an. )1- g11riaryml.A g ving ,machine eouiippedY with, the liandlevor,

The connection formedv Y whichthe pressure' slide coaetsvvith the 80 tivelyin'turning thek shaft625 .on forwardp ulllof :fthe.fhandle,l but ineffective toforce a, resteringV .mov ement, the llatter .I movement being controlled bythe customary governorf,

of suchma h'nes, not shown. V4Whilethe detachable connection between the handle and shaft'as above referredto may beneniployed;

'Y it is to'ibefunderstoddthat thelilnprovementsl of this invention are not necessarlly.limited.Kw

tion. On 'theshait fis; p'novidedfthe.

spring 625", the latter being suitably an;`

ChQQflfat-Qneen teastudif Qufthebasef vofthemachine.A

0111. the lower part off the right hande frame section 900R is mounted th-'fspringretracted pressure piece or slide 558 slidably` conneote'dfat 5585! to said-frame v and norma-lly vplrilledgl1 a, spring AQ- to'vvardlv the shaft' @5,3 the spring-beingv connected-by; a hookf559f'vvith the side frame aforesaidf 1."l1ha:v pressure pieef'558y has allateralpr: 20

j ection 558; l"bearingafga-i'nstjthe -lovvershoull derof thecl'utch projection '5011440361Y the socket of the handle. The action off' thei prlgssurepieceVV 558;' 'is tojholdf- 'said clutch projection firmly in l engagement v at? the up'- per shoulderr-Gafwith thev clutch' projection- 634: pinnedon the main-actuatorfshafti625i' c As heretofore constructed, v it has been necessarfy Vto provide a` very still@ spring 623 'to actuate the detenty plunger 5571250 that# the latter through engagement- With-Q the 'bottomothe crossfslot yin' the shaft 625*- Will serve tof` maintainv the handle -in -1ts normal,sub st'antqiallyV upright o`osi,tion,`i and'- also vserveas astopforthesame. -Byusing the means which has been just described, includingthe part-558,2: the spring- 623 may bemade loomparati'velyrA lightasjits -qnly--f'funotionis A tol means for? stopping the '-handlleatfjthe. end'f:

be quiitecobvious1.

" connect saidpartsfor relative' moveinentgx Q/Li Means ,substantially as `claimed finclaimr'- 1, wherein-'the last-means; comprises apres:y

sure l'device separate; g from itheflandll'e aind' normally actingr to holdtheY handle@ at al certain" limit of llmovenient i rel.2t-tively tor the '3, Means substantially as claimed in claim' 1,- wherein the last means comprises a pressuresdevice;separate fromfthe handle and normallyacting, tof;holdfthe.A handlaat. al cer- Y tainw limit of movementzrelatively to the Shaft neef fete-@ingle Ayiel@letale @prima fhe 4.`Y Inconbination, /anoperating shaft, a detachableha'lldle therefor, means acting on thashaft for/holding the handle in Yand retnr'jningthesame to a normal posi-tion, aidesv tent onthe handle engaging theJ shaftr' ef festive i to enable ith-'e5 handle t'ofm'oveI theE 'shaftineone direction only, and a combined pressure piece and yieldable stop coactmgA` With the handle. Y

V5Infcombination, an operatingi shaft-, a

detachable-'handletherefor, means actingonfl the 'shafti for@ holding the handle-5inl vand7A 'ref c -turningvthesameto a'normal position, ade-v tenton! fthe-:handlefengaging lthfel shaftVv to de'- tachablyonneet' saidgpartsgandi a combined pres'sureVL piece,Y and;A yieldble stopslidable Y adjacentlto` the-handle andf-h'aving al projection engagingwthe latter, and a spring nor'.-r

mentfrelatively-vto -theshaftl I 6i@ 'Tfhegcornbinationf:ofsanoperatinggsha ft; av handle thereon andadapted jfor;movementrelatively` thereto, 'a pressure device adjav-V centi to 'said Lshaft# and suppor-tediiindependf" said pressure device whereby Ito Y 'cause fthe holdithe-llatten infa-'predeterminedposition relativegtothegshaft?' i 7. lngcombination; a shaftgvan actuating; Y

handle l fdetaohably fitted 1' to said "certain: limit off its Inove? shaft and Inovablewithandindependently infrespeetf to thelatter; andlfaresilintly operated pres-V sit'ion relative; to th'eshaftg. said-'ipfr'essu're piecef acting*asN al buffer gstop- Y' cooperative 81.# Inv an'aecountingg-machine, the colnbi'v nat-nui*withI an r operatingV shaft,-,return means 15o-normalize "thefsliaftl after actuation, Oifal yieldablehu-Eeradjacent-to *said shaft," andf ajhandle.- connected'-to operate the shaftfand adaptedgfor lmovement relative thereto,v said? handle,A having means cope'rati-v'e*With'A the buffer Wherebythe handle i's normally ,maine gin'gdsaidhandle tonormallytained in a proper upright-position uponthev sha'f-t ready-infor actuation.'

9. Inan accounting machine, i"the, combi-iT means to` normalize A'the slr-aftV after#actua-l cent-*to 4said;shaft", and ian' f operating handley movabletronsaid shaft and cooperative Withl thesaidfinstrumentality f' wherebyth'e handle-is hl l thefsh'aft;

e dlinafnorrnallposition'relative tov v 10. In an accounting machine, the combination With an operating shaft, return means to restore the shaft after actuation, of a yieldable buer adjacent to said shaft, 5 a handle on said shaft and movable relatively detachment, said handle cooperative and thereto for purposes of attachment Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the with the buHer whereby t e handle is held in a normal position upon the shaft; and the buffer acts to cushion the movement of the 10 handle with the shaft incident to restoring of the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

AMOS II. I-IAWLEY.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

